The Game Awards 2017 are finally here and PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and PC gamers are all counting down with just a few more hours to go before the huge event begins.

The annual event - hosted by Geoff Keighley - not only celebrates the best of video gaming talent from the past year, but also serves as a showcase for developers and publishers to show off their newest projects.

The show will be live from Thursday, December 7 at 5:30pm PT / 8:30pm ET - which means we can watch it, in the UK, at Friday, December 8 at1:30am UK / 12:30pm AET.

The event is expected to be even more packed than in previous years, with Keighley himself teasing that The Game Awards 2017 will have 'the biggest world premiere lineup yet'.

This means that the show this year will likely beat 2012's biggest line-up to date. And for reference, the 2012 show had 12 reveals, so we're expecting big things.

Keighley has also confirmed that at least two of these announcements will unveil "two brand-new game worlds that no one has ever seen before".

So you can expect the show to potentially be on the same level as the likes of a Gamescom or E3 presser - these aren't just little titles: The Game Awards traditionally hosts massive, triple-A reveals.

We know, for example, that we're definitely going to get a trailer for PUBG, likewise, Sea of Thieves and Metro Exodus are confirmed to appear in addition to a reveal for Fortnite's new game mode.

Rumours abound that we'll be seeing new information on Death Stranding - thanks to the confirmed appearance of Hideo Kojima, Norman Reedus and Guillermo Del Toro at the event - and we may even get a release date for upcoming PS4 exclusive God of War, too.

That's just the tip of the iceberg of what could be unveiled - more suggestions can be found in the gallery below - but for this page right here, we'll be updating it with information exclusively about Final Fantasy 7, should anything be revealed at the show.

It looks like we could be getting hold of Final Fantasy VII Remake sooner than we thought.

In a press conference specifically aimed at Final Fantasy fans, Square Enix's brand manager Shinji Hashimoto announced that next year 'will be a big one' for Final Fantasy fans, and that some 'big new titles' are due to ship in 2018.

"First I want to thank fans for 30 years of support" states Hashimoto in the special address to fans.

"Next year is going to be a big year.

"Next year will be the 31st year, and our teams are busy working on new titles.

"Next year will be a big one, and will bring exciting, new Final Fantasy games to the world."

This comes after the most recent Earnings Call - which developer and publisher Square Enix carries out on a quarterly basis - it was announced that the compnay would be making release date announcements on its newest games 'soon'.

Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda made the announcement as he told investors that the company would be making release date announcements for upcoming games between April 2018 and E3 2018 in June. (via GamingBolt)

Despite Kingdom Hearts III and Final Fantasy VII Remake not being mentioned by name, these are two of the biggest titles Square Enix has announced, and that are upcoming for the Xbox One and PS4.

It's worth noting, however, that Square Enix is also working on a series of Marvel properties for Disney - it's unlikely these games are due to be released, however, considering they've barely been announced yet.

It's interesting to note that Square Enix is also taking note of the Nintendo Switch, too - in the same earnings call, Matsuda announced that the Switch is "well suited to the mid-sized titles at which we excel".

Import specialist Play Asia previously listed the Final Fantasy 7 Remake release date as this December, before turning it to “to be announced” - this could well be an admin error, but it perhaps suggests that the game is due for release sooner than we thought.

Elsewhere, Gameseek lists the title as having a very specific release date.

The retailer claims that Final Fantasy VII Remake will release on 15 June 2018. That seems too specific to be a simple placeholder.

But that isn't the end of Gameseek's revelations about the game.

The site also has artwork we haven't seen at any other retailer to date - showing off the now-classic 'comet' artwork the game has become known for.

This suggests the site does have more intel on the game than other retailers - backing up that release date that's listed.

Having first been revealed at Sony's E3 2015 press conference, fans have been waiting patiently for the game to release.

However, it's been hard enough finding any sort of information about the game, let alone the release date.

Back in January 2016, Yoshinori Kitase, the game's producer said that 2017 would be a very important year for the project, but failed to explain why.

The logical conclusion was that Final Fantasy 7 would be celebrating its 20th anniversary.

But so far in 2017, information and 'celebratory' updates have been somewhat lacking, which is why many believe something could yet be revealed at Paris Games Week or potentially PSX in December.

It was also revealed in 2016 that the game would utilise Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4 (think Gears of War), instead of Square Enix’s in-house equivalent

There's been some confusion over whether Square Enix would make the game an episodic adventure rather than huge sprawling JRPG many experienced on the PS1.

Speaking earlier this year, Square Enix explained that the game would comprise of multiple, full-sized games instead of a series of smaller episodes.

Which still sounds episodic, but perhaps they'll be more meaty slices of gameplay as opposed to the casual two hours you might get from a Telltale episode.

The revelation was made in the May issue of Game Informer, in which producer Yoshinori Kitase said the development team was using the Final Fantasy XIII series - which consisted of a total of three games - as a template for the remake.

"This reimagined epic will be the next core Final Fantasy instalment--or rather, instalments," Game Informer's writer explained

"When the project was first announced, people were confused by its multi-part nature, but the goal is to structure it more like Final Fantasy XIII than an episodic series."